Can You Ordain Yourself on a Desert Island? (And More Weird Questions)

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Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin

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Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious world is an exploration of the weird, the strange, the unusual, and the fascinating phenomena in the physical world around us—and beyond—from a Catholic perspective. Join Jimmy Akin and his co-host Domenico Bettinelli as they examine ancient mysteries, folk tales, urban legends, and miraculous stories with a methodical, logical, well-reasoned but not entirely skeptical eye.

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Can You Ordain Yourself on a Desert Island? (And More Weird Questions)

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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2 months ago

Can You Ordain Yourself on a Desert Island? (And More Weird Questions)

MYS379: Could a layperson on a desert island take on the role of a priest? It’s time for more listener weird questions with Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live, including topics like aerial toll booths in the afterlife, whether Balaam’s donkey had a rational soul, whether God could have become incarnate as multiple races in Middle Earth, and more.

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